Nov 1, 2009

The Water Cycle

Evaporation
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As you can see in this picture, the water turns into water vapor and goes into the air.



Condensation
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After the Evoration, the water vapors gathers together and forming clouds, like the white things on this picture.




Precipitation

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On the top of the picture there is a mountain, which makes me think that this rain is caused by orographic precipitation - the mountain forcing the air to rise and causing rainfall.


Run-off & Infiltration

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In this picture, a part of the rain water soaks in the ground and becomes ground water, after that it flows to a lake. The other part of the rain water that didn't soak down the ground flows in the river.

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